COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACADEMIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING SKILLS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5577 ACADEMIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING SKILLS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis

Course Objective

The aim of this study is to learn how to move from a topic to a question, to investigate this topic research methods, and to acquire a methodological approache of writing and verbal presentation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify research topic, question and hypothesis
2   Learn literatüre review
3   Prepare an article according to the APA 6 guideline
4   Present a research effectively

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Science and counseling, research
2 Identifying resarch topic and resarch question and specifying research hypothesis
3 Literature reviews
4 Reading and not taking methods.
5 Achieving an academic language
6 Sections of a research report
7 General principles for writing research reports
8 Midterm
9 APA 6 Guidelines I
10 APA 6 Guidelines II
11 APA 6 Guidelines III
12 Choosing where to publish an article
13 Verbal and visual presentation I
14 Verbal and visual presentation II
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Hartley, J. (2008). Academic writing and publishing: A practical handbook. New York: Routledge.
Siyez, D.M. (2014). PDR de kaynak tarama ve rapor yazma (4. Baskı). Ankara: Pegem Akademi
Heppner, P.P., Wampold, B.E., Kivlighan, D.M. (2013). Psikolojik danışmada araştırma yöntemleri (Çev Ed. D.M. Siyez). Ankara:Mentis Yayıncılık

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, fieldwork and demonstration

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

didem.siyez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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